GIS /IT Lead - Eskom - Midrand
(2021-04)
- Provided Third Line Applications support, emergency assistance, and patches for bug fixes, along with system monitoring and health checks.
- Developed and maintained GIS applications; analyzed user issues and provided solutions, enhancing system functionality and user satisfaction.
- Design and implement GIS applications using Magik Programming language, translating high-level business requirements into functional specifications.
- Ensured application stability through regular maintenance, support, and quality assurance checks, recommending updates or new techniques as needed.
- Facilitated knowledge transfer to support teams and contributed to team expertise through sharing best practices and solutions.
- Analyzed user requirements, developed custom solutions, and provided workarounds, including patches, to mitigate customer issues.
- Created demos and guides, educating customers on GIS application use, improving user experience and engagement.
- Review priorities, analyze options and risks, delivering solutions aligned with business objectives and user needs.
- Collaborate with department heads to gather and analyze budgetary needs, incorporating input into the overall budgeting process. Prepare financial forecasts and scenario analyses to anticipate future financial conditions and resource needs.
- Oversee the collection and submission of employee timesheets, ensuring they are completed accurately and on time.
- Review and validate timesheets for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to company policies and labor regulations.
GIS Specialist - Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa/ IEC (consulting) - Centurion
(2018-05 - 2024-12)
- Led GIS data quality assurance, ensuring accurate data capture, cleaning, digitization, and conversion for comprehensive database management.
- Performe complex geospatial modeling, analysis, and data manipulation to create maps, graphs, and both spatial and non-spatial analyses using GIS software and Excel.
- Provided technical GIS support, interpreting various data forms into GIS format and maintaining GIS databases and applications for consulting engineering projects.
- Executed GIS spatial data editing, address geocoding, and data cleansing to support project teams, including geotagging and restructuring tasks.
- Managed and updated GIS databases, systems, and spreadsheets with raw data from clients, consultants, or internal sources.
- Conducted thorough quality assurance checks on GIS systems, recommending and implementing updates or new techniques to enhance functionality.
- Streamlined GIS maintenance and support, offering solutions to problems using an array of GIS tools and technologies.
- Analyze geographic relationships among diverse data sets, producing relevant data/information for particular analyses and consulting projects.
GIS Project Administrator - Tns global - Randburg
(2014-10 - 2018-03)
Felt redundant and needed better career prospects, professional growth
- Track new data releases
- Loaded new data
- Administrative record keeping of data related costs
- In-house GIS support (Assisted in ArcGIS functionality and offered in-house training)
- Updated sampling macros used for field planning in Projects Department
- Collated sampling descriptions used in field to support comparison
- Design feasibility studies and future proposals
- Implement Training focused on: Trip planning, Use of GIS software, Geocoding, General GIS capabilities, Installation of new software's and troubleshooting (for the whole team)
- Support in Project related queries and developments: Geocoding requests and tasks, Trip planning requests (standard and complex), Field audits and forensics investigations
- Head-up the map library. Update and distribute maps to project teams
- Support to Departments outside Projects: Client Service requests, Field related requests and developments
GIS Operator - Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa - Centurion
(2013-01 - 2014-10)
Reason for Leaving: Contract expired
- Performed Geographical Information systems (GIS) activities to improve decision making for problem solving: Bulk map production, Address cleaning, Data Management, Tagging/ Geo-Referencing
- Assisted in any other GIS related tasks
- Geocode spatial data sets: Captured spatial datasets in GIS systems
- Collections and maintenance of data sets
- Research and Development: Kept abreast of new GIS technologies and procedures. Research/Literature studies on GIS technology to improve expertise. Quality assurances of datasets and produced maps
GIS Technician - PricewaterhouseCoopers - Pretoria
(2012-07 - 2012-11)
Internship - GIS Intern - Pretoria
(2011-03 - 2012-04)
Conference Participant - National Geographer (GISSA) - Pretoria
(2011-01 - 2011-01)
